You can't keep a cool head when you're drowning in love. You just thrash around a lot and scream, and wear yourself out. - Margaret Atwood

Why is it always such a surprise? thinks Toby. The moon. Even though we know it's coming. Every time we see it, it makes us pause, and hush.

Nature demands variety, for men. It stands to reason, it's a part of the procreational strategy. It's Nature's Plan. Women know that instinctively. Why did they buy so many different clothes, in the old days? To trick the men into thinking they were several different women. A new one each day.

So much better to travel than to arrive.